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Line 2: − While deputy attorney general, Holder reviewed Bill Clinton's proposal to pardon Marc Rich. <ref>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004457941_apholderobama.html?syndication=rss</ref> Holder did not object to the pardon in spite of the fact that Rich was a fugitive tax evader at the time.+ + +
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'''Eric Himpton Holder, Jr''' (January 25, 1951) is the current U.S. Attorney General in the [[Obama Administration]]. He formerly was Deputy Attorney General, serving from 1997 to 2001, in the Clinton administration. Before receiving this appointment, he was the United States Attorney for the [[District of Columbia]], appointed in 1993 upon his resignation from the DC Superior Court. During the transition to the [[Bush Administration]], he was temporarily Acting Attorney General. He succeeded [[Michael Mukasey]].
'''Eric Himpton Holder, Jr''' (January 25, 1951) is the current U.S. Attorney General in the [[Obama Administration]]. He formerly was Deputy Attorney General, serving from 1997 to 2001, in the Clinton administration. Before receiving this appointment, he was the United States Attorney for the [[District of Columbia]], appointed in 1993 upon his resignation from the DC Superior Court. During the transition to the [[Bush Administration]], he was temporarily Acting Attorney General. He succeeded [[Michael Mukasey]].
As Deputy Attorney General Holder recommended pardoning [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorists]] [[Linda Evans]] and Susan Rosenberg who were serving life sentences for the murder of two police officers and a Brinks armoured guard in 1981.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmM1OGM4OGRiNTI5NTIzOTFkMDAwMTJiNGFlYWFiZGI= ''Confirming Fears''], Editorial, National Review Online, November 19, 2008.</ref> Puerto Rican FALN terrorists likewise recieved pardons due to Holders efforts, as well as fugitive tax evader and Clinton donor, Mark Rich.<ref>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004457941_apholderobama.html?syndication=rss</ref> <ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0102/14/se.04.html</ref>
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